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STOVE No. 313,568. Patented Mar 10, 1885.

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No. 313,568. Patented Mar. 10, 1885.

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NITED STATES GURDON G. WOLFE, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE FULLER&

WARREN COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,568, dated March10, 1885.

Application filed March 18, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GURDoN G. WOLFE, of the city of Troy, county ofRensselaer, State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Sliding Tops for Parlor- Stoves, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to a novel construction of the tops ofparlor-stoves, by which the stovetop proper is adapted to slide back andforth from over the opening in the stove-top through which fuel is fedto the fire, and which is also adapted to operate an inner hinged guard,my invention being an improvement on that class of apparatus used for alike purpose, in which a pivoted top is' adapted to swing outhorizontally around on its pivoted connection.

Accompanying this specification, to form a part of it, there are twoplates of drawings, containing four figures illustrating my invention,with the same designation of parts by letter-reference used inall ofthem.

Of these illustrations, Figure 1 shows a perspective of a stove-top inwhich a part of the stove-top is shown as moved back to disclose anopening made therein, and showing also an inner hinged door or guard asalso opened. Fig. 2 illustrates a section taken through the sliding partof the top and the edge of the opening on the line w m of Fig; 1. Fig. 3shows a plan of a part of the stationary portion of the stove-top, withthe sliding part of the top removed. This figure shows also the positionof the inner hinged door or guard.

Fig. 4 shows a cross-section taken through the sliding top, thestationary part of the stove-top, andthe inner hinged door or guard,with the latter illustrated as opened, this view being taken on' theline :0 00 of Fig. 1.

The several parts of the mechanism aredesignatcd by letter reference,and their function is explained as follows:

The letter T designates the stationary part of the stove top, and T thesliding or movable part.

The letter L indicates lugs projected from the under surfaces of thesides of the sliding each lug, and which slots are adaptedto receive theside edges of the stove-top opening 0, and thus produce a slidingconnection for the movement of the sliding top, the side edges thusemployed beingindicated at e.

The letter a designates a vertical slot made in one edge of the opening0, the purpose of which is to enter the sliding top on its slideways,and which is accomplished by raising one end of the sliding. top and byentering that side edge of the top opening 0 (which is opposite to theone in which the vertical slot a is made) within the slots of theadjacent lug L, and then allowing the raised end of the slidingtop todescend so as to pass the unengaged lug through the said vertical slot(1, which brings the horizontal slot 8 of the lug in a position toreceive the adjacent" side edge of the top opening when the sliding topis moved rearwardly therefrom.

The letter R indicates an upwardly-projected rib, constructed on thestationary part of the top a short distance from the edge of the opening0, the purpose of which isto form a guideway for the subtendingoverlapping side edges of the sliding top.

The letters P P indicate studs which are upwardly projected from thestationary part of the top at the rear of the latter, the purpose ofwhich is to support the sliding top when moved rearwardly and from overthe opening 0. These studs or posts are made with jogs or notches n onthe inner faces of their upper ends, which adapts them to act as guidesfor the sides of the sliding top when thelatter passes from over theopening 0.

The letter D indicates a door or guard,which is hung upon trunnions O,that are made on the ends of the said door or guard at its rear side.These trunnions havebearings B made in projections J, which latter arefrontwardly extended from the rear edge of the top openin O.

The letters H H designate posts projected upwardly from the top surfaceof the door or guard and arranged thereon between the trunions on whichthe said door or guard is hinged.

These posts H, as the sliding top is moved back, engage with theinclined under surface, I, of the sliding top, and which engagementswings up, so as to open the said door or guard,

and, asthe latter is hung, when this engagement terminates. the saiddoor or guard by gravity swings back to place, the descent of the latterbelow a horizontal plane being prevented by the engagement of the ears MM on the rear of said door or guard, which are arranged to underlap thethe projection K on the rear edge of the top opening 0. The purpose ofthis door or guard is to have the latter raise up after and to openagainst the front edge of the sliding top as the latter is movedrearwardly from over the opening 0, so that the guard will by itsposition prevent the dust and coal being fed into the top opening fromlodging upon the top. Then this device D is enlarged, as indicated bythe dotted line d d of Figs. 3 and 4, it may be used as'a supplementaldoor for the top opening 0.

I disclaim the combination of an opening made in the dome-form side of afireplace heater top, and a door or cover combined with a screen andadapted to slide in curved ways that correspond with the contour of saiddome side, said door and screen being adapted to close said side openingin the magazine and a gas-passage leading from said magazine, as

such a construction has been patented.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. In aheatingstove, the combination of the stationary part of thestove-top T, having the opening 0, and made with passage-way a in oneside of the latter, and the movable part of the top T having its sideedges made to overlap the side edges of said opening, and

constructed with the slotted lugs L on the side edges of its undersurface, which lugs are constructed to embrace the side edges of saidopening, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a heating-stove, the combination of the stationary part of thestove-top T, made with the opening 0, the latter having parallel sides,the movable stove-top T making a sliding connection with the sides ofsaid opening, and the posts P P, arranged on said-stove-top at the rearthereof, and adapted to support said movable top when moved rearwardlyover said posts, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes setforth.

3. In a stove, the combination of the slides e on two sides of thecentral opening, one of said slides having a verticalslot, a, initsedge, the sliding top T, provided with lugs L, having slots 8, workingon said s1ides,and the posts P at the rear of the fixed portion of thetop, for the purpose of supporting the movable cover when pushed backover said posts, substantially as described. a

4. In a heatingstove, the combination of the stationary part of the topT, made with the opening 0, the movable part T, made with the incline Ion its under side, and at its sides having a sliding connection with thesides of the opening, as shown, the posts P on the stationary part ofthe top adapted to support the said sliding top when moved rearwardlyover said posts, the hinged guard D, made with the posts H, adapted toengage with the incline I on the sliding top, substantially in themanner as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at the city of Troy, New York, this 15th day of March, 1884, andin the presence of two witnesses, whose names were by them heretoWritten.

' GURDON G. WOLFE.

Witnesses:

AUG. H. EATON, CHARLES S. BRINTNALL.

